The Liberty Ranch Hawks will head out to square off against the Galt Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Liberty Ranch's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 6-0 margin over Bradshaw Christian. Give the Hawks' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Bradshaw Christian from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Ivan Gonzalez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Galt had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Diamondbacks as they made off with a 6-0 win. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Diamondbacks are ranked 1084th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty Ranch is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those seven contests. As for Galt, they pushed their record up to 11-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Liberty Ranch suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Galt in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Liberty Ranch was down 3-0.
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